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Directory of Publishers: Music Score Rental Catalogs

The following publishers and distributors rent scores to music organizations (music for hire). Updated: July, 2005

Alphonse Leduc: Orchestral music catalogue for rentals; includes the combined publishers of Leduc, Hamelle, and Heugel.
Belmont Music Publishers: This company rents works of Arnold Schoenberg.
Carl Fischer Music: Rental catalog for music published by Fischer, arranged by composer name. Also, how to order review copies of scores for perusal.
Dragon Music Company: Catalog of orchestrations of pops and light classics available for rental through the Carmen Dragon Music Library.
ECS Publishing: Orchestral and instrumental works (with or without chorus), except operas, which are available through the rental department of ECS Publishing from the the combined catalogs of E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Galaxy Music Corporation, Ione Press, Highgate Press, Stainer & Bell, Ltd., Yorke Edition, and Delrieu Edition. Use the online rental form to ask about pieces and composers.
Hansen (Edition Wilhelm Hansen): Publisher of scores of Danish composers, with rental through Schirmer; alphabetical list by composer. Includes a form to inquire about availability of rental works.
International Music Company: Rental catalog of public domain orchestral works.
Edwin F. Kalmus & Co.: Orchestral and operatic works, plus reduced orchestration music for school and community orchestras. Online catalog of scores for purchase or rental; separate instrumental parts available for orchestral works, review copies of scores for perusal.
Oxford University Press: E-mail link to rental information for OUP score publications.
C.F. Peters Corporation: Rental catalog; search by composer and title of piece; music available for perusal prior to purchase.
Schirmer and Associates: For rental information, contact Schirmer directly.

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